Re: Adopt HTML::Formatter?

Jonathan Kamens via libwww <[email protected]> Tue, 7 Apr 2026 11:12:57 -0400
Newsgroups gmane.comp.lang.perl.modules.lwp
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All fine with me, thanks. I hadn't done developer releases before but I 
just looked it up and it sounds like that just means putting _# at the 
end of the package version number of the developer release, and then 
releasing a version without the _# suffix when you're satisfied that 
it's safe to do so, so I can certainly handle that for any changes that 
I make.

On 4/7/26 11:07 AM, Neil Bowers wrote:
> Hi Jonathan,
> I'm one of the PAUSE admins.
> I'm happy to transfer the first-come indexing permission for 
> HTML::Formatter to you, but first I wante to check that you're aware 
> that there are nearly 100 other distributions on CPAN which rely on 
> this distributions. Which means you need to be more cautious with any 
> releases, as if you bring HTML::Formatter, you may end up breaking 
> some or all of those distributions.
> As a mature module, this means not changing the existing interface, 
> not breaking existing behaviour, and keeping an eye on CPAN Testers 
> whenever you do a release. And doing developer releases if you're 
> making changes of any complexity.
> And of course, the distribution will need to retain original author 
> attribution and copyright / licence. You see that multiple people have 
> maintained it over the years.
> With all that said, would like you to go ahead and adopt it?
> Cheers,
> Neil